BRITANNICA
NEWSLETTER
10TH MARCH 2013 — School Weeks 22/23
MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL Dear Parents By the time you read this Newsletter, Britannica will have reached a milestone in its history – the enrolment of our 100th student. This represents tremendous growth since we first opened six months ago, when we had just over 50 students and we expect that by the start of next academic year, we will have doubled again to around 200. This rapid growth is testament to the excellent work done by our teachers and our support staff. They all deserve a special thanks for their contribution in helping to promote Britannica International School in the community and providing such a wonderful learning environment where happy children engage in the learning experience.
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Book Week, always a popular event, has been celebrated in style and both staff and students have enjoyed a variety of literary experiences, including a Book Fair, hot chocolate and a very colourful Character Parade. There have also been some excellent book cover illustrations decorating classroom doors and are well worth seeing. On Monday 17th March, there will be a Parent / Teacher Conference from 4:00pm – 6:00pm. Letters will be sent home next week giving you an opportunity to make an appointment with the teachers, including specialist teachers. We very much hope that you will make every effort to attend to find out how your child has progressed.
I N T E R N A T I O N A L S C H O O L, S H A N G H A I
Book Week 2014 Prize Winners
Category — Best Dressed
Congratulations to the following students: Category—Most books read
EYFS Aria Reception
EYFS/KS1
Jun Beom Year 1 – 41 books
KS1
Uland Year 1
KS2
Sten Year 3 – 39 books
KS2
Yasmeen Year 3
KS3
Etienne Year 7 (137 chapters)
KS3
Lisa Year 8
Category — Most money raised
Category—Funniest photo
EYFS/KS1
John Year 2 in the washing machine
Olympia Year 1 - 400RMB
KS2
Daine Year 4 - 95RMB
KS3
Elaine Year 7 - 440RMB
All the money will be donated to our charity —The Smile Train Category — Best Book Cover Door Early Years Pre-Nursery — The Rainbow Fish Key Stage 1 Year 1— The Three Little Pigs Key Stage 2 Year 6 — George’s Marvellous Medicine Key Stage 3 Year 7 — The Hobbit
Year 3 Year 3 have been reading stories from other cultures in literacy. This week they worked extremely hard to finish their own story set in India. The children
wrote excellent descriptions of the Indian forest and the animals to make them come alive for the reader!
Year 6 In their Art lessons year 6 have been using the work of the artist Joan Miró as their stimulus. They have used his abstract designs, symbols and bold colours to create 3D sculptures out of cardboard. They have designed, painted and constructed them independently with fantastic results.
Year 2 “Year 2 have been learning about the history of communications from early cave paintings to radar transmissions in space.” They presented their findings to fellow students and their parents in a special assembly.
Events Calendar Friday 14th March
Parents coffee morning—Shanghai Orientation
Monday 17th March
Parent Teacher Conference
Thursday 20th March
KS2 trip to the Shanghai aquarium
Thursday 20th March
Secondary School Trip to Shanghai's Yu Garden
Friday 21st March
Pre-Nursery & Nursery trip to the zoo!
Friday 28th March — Last day of Spring Term
Britannica School’s first Judo Sleepover! On Friday 21st February we hosted our very first Judo
fantastic evening and were even happy to be woken up at
sleepover. Over 20 students from Year 3 – Year 9 joined Mr
6am for an early morning jog around our school grounds.
Owen and 2 of his colleagues for an evening of Judo, mov-
The team spirit and behaviour of all the students was impec-
ies, swimming and other fun activities. The evening was en-
cable and they were a real credit to our school. We are al-
joyed by both students and teachers and was a huge suc-
ready looking forward to our next Judo sleepover to be ar-
cess.
ranged for next term”.
Mr Owen commented on the event “The students had a
What our students had to say:
The Coaches:
Millie (Year 9) The sleepover was a different life experience. The fit-
Our resident Judo coach is Brad Owen (twice British
ness aspects tested me to my limits and beyond and I
National Judo Champion and Royal Navy and Royal
learned to never give up! The whole experience was
Marines champion several times over.). Brad is closely
magnificent and one that I will never forget. The spirit
supported by Kay Hansen who holds a black belt 1st
of Judo will be forever in my heart! I look forward to the
Dan from Germany. Brad and Kay have successfully run
next sleepover.
Judo clubs in Shanghai for several years and have held
Cindy (Year 9)
many, many judo sleepovers. They have been the driv-
The sleepover was great fun! I learned about working as part of a team, which will be really useful to me in school. I already had lots of friends but I feel that we are now even closer than we were since the sleepover! This was an experience that I will never forget.
ing force behind building a solid relationship between the local Chinese Judo clubs and our international club including administering, and being involved, in competitions. Both Brad and Kay are Vice Directors of the Shanghai Judo Association and referee at several regular, main events held in Shanghai.
Interschool Sports
Swimming Certificates and Squads The Britannica students are finishing off their first term of swimming under our new British Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) program. All students from year 1 will achieve a level this term and letters will go out about collecting certificates and badges. In the meantime, come down and have a look and the Britannica Swimming display board outside the pool to see what your child’s personal best times are for various swims.
We are pleased to announce the date of the first interschool sports match for Britannica! Our junior football team will be hosting a 5 a side match against YK Pao on the 18th of March from 3pm. Please come down and support our young players as they are put to their paces. Dates for secondary matches will be confirmed soon. We are putting the finishing touches to our interschool sports team logo which will be unveiled during the end of term assembly along with the design of the team kit. Our sports teams will look very professional as they represent our school in the team uniform.
Some of the gifted swimmers from Britannica’s in-school program will be selected for Britannica’s first swim squad which will run as an ECA from next term. Swimmers will train to achieve faster personal bests and prepare for swim meets against other schools. Those selected will have letters sent home so that they can choose to join the squad when they select their ECA.
Sports Day Our first Sports Day will go ahead on Friday the 9th of May with everyone in the school set to take part. Should the day be weather effected then it will be postponed one week. Students will soon begin practicing their athletics and sporting skills to be ready for the big day. More information will go out to parents separately. We hope you can come down and see the students competing and enjoying themselves, and if parents are available to help with time keeping or marshalling it would be much appreciated.
Basketball & Football Camps Our partners China Sports United are pleased to announce a week of Basketball and Football at Britannica International School, Shanghai during the spring holiday. More sports camps dates to follow... Basketball Camp Students can join the camp for a week full of Fun, Basketball, Top Coaches and Free Gifts! At this Basketball Camp you will make many friends, enjoy on and off court activities and improve your game! Our International Top Coach at this Camp is former Spanish First League Player Javier Morales! China Sports United will also welcome Special Guests! Football Camp Football & Fun Camp Receive 5 days Football training from Top Coach Ashley Reid! Have fun with on and off pitch activities and make friends throughout the week. Special Guests, Unique Gifts and Prizes and more! Join the camp staff for fun and educational instructions at this multi level Football Camp!
Britannica International School, Shanghai hosts : Shanghai Orientation Coffee morning Guest Speakers: Dr. Robert Kohlbacher, family physician at ParkwayHealth presents; ‘A Guide To Staying Healthy In Shanghai’.
Nikki Lindgren, Community Center Shanghai, introduces; Useful information regarding living in Shanghai and the resources available to help with a smoother transition to a new city.
When: Friday 14th March 2014 Time: 9am - 11am Where: Britannica School Theatre, Britannica International School, Shanghai 1988 Gubei Road, Shanghai. 上海不列颠英国学校：上海古北南路1988号
Please email marketing@britannicashanghai.com to reserve your place. Visit our website for more information
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